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Japanese Breakfast Pens Heart-Wrenching Essay for The New Yorker

Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner has written a powerful new essay for The New Yorker about visiting The H Mart while grieving the loss of her mother.


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KEXP's Top 20 Barsuk Albums of All Time (1-5)

Sub Pop isn’t the only Seattle-based label enjoying a landmark anniversary this month: Barsuk Records turns 20 this weekend, and KEXP is counting down their Top 20 albums.


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Blood Orange Debuts New Song "Chewing Gum" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Blood Orange debuted "Chewing Gum" featuring A$AP Rocky and Project Pat last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!


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Local Music KEXP Premiere

Cumulus Perseveres Against Self Doubt on “Tough Crowd” (KEXP Premiere)

The Seattle artist's new album, Comfort World, is out Sept. 28 via Trans- Records.


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Review Revue: Bad Brains - Quickness

This week's Review Revue spotlights the album Quickness by Bad Brains See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.


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Whitney Ballen Shares Third Single "F*cking" off Upcoming Album

Whitney Ballen shares the third single from her forthcoming album You're a Shooting Star, I'm a Sinking Ship


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Death Cab for Cutie Perform Mini Concert on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Death Cab for Cutie perform three songs from upcoming album Thank You For Today plus an oldie from Transatlanticism for a web-exclusive mini concert for Jimmy Kimmel Live!


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Rewind

KEXP's Top 20 Barsuk Albums of All Time (6-10)

Sub Pop isn’t the only Seattle-based label enjoying a landmark anniversary this month: Barsuk Records turns 20 this weekend, and KEXP is counting down their Top 20 albums.


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Throwaway Style Local Music Album Reviews

Throwaway Style: The Grainy Rush of Table Sugar

A playful sense of experimentation is on thrilling display in the Olympia quartet's distinct brand of art-punk. Martin Douglas explores their pair of quick full-length releases.


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Sub Pop 30th Anniversary Count-Up

In 2018, KEXP celebrated the 30th anniversary of local record label Sub Pop with a four-month retrospective, "counting up" every catalog number in their vast discography of over 1,200 releases. Dig into the archives of our catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.


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